Fishing reel



April 1 D. L. URQUHART 1,996,130

FISHING REEL Filed July 25, 1934 IN VEN TOR.

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l throughthe' guideson the-pole. I This overrunning Patented Apr. 2, 1 935 x invention relates to a fishing :reehand;

especiallyto an attachment therefor whereby overrunning and backlash of the reel when castingareprevented. 2 When fishing 'for certain varieties of 'fl'shon ocean beaches and other places, 'it' isgco'm'mon practice to employ-abass poleand acastin'g reel. Such-reels" have a tendency-to over-run when casting as thespool or reel rotates so rapidly that it feeds out the linefaster than the line-can run of the spool'interferes with the cast and in many instances causes such a snarling ofthe line that it will eitherhave tobecut free orconsiderable timeis'lost inuntanglingthe'same. 1

A'nother trouble encountered is back lash or reversing of the linewhen casti'ngi For instance,

when -1e-reeling the line after ajczastfor the purpose of inspecting the bait, orotherwise, 'it' often v happens that suflicient care is not taken to insure tight; winding of th'e -line on the spool." That is, a portion of the line may be re-reeled fairly slack and an overlying portion fairly tight. When this happens several of the coils of the tight portion tend to embed themselves between the slack'coils and when the line is again cast the line will pay out until the embedded coils areencountered. If this happens the line will wrap about the spool and the pull on the line will become reversed.

Again, if the momentum or pull on the line while casting is great enough the embedded coils will be pulled free but, even so, it ofiers such resistance that the cast will fall short of the mark making it necessary to re-reel and cast over again;

' The object of the present invention is generallyv to improve the operationeof reels of the character described, and particularly to provide a braking attachment whereby overrunning, back lash, and snarling of the line is prevented. The attachment is shown by way of illustration in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a. central vertical. section taken on line II of Fig. 2. v

' Fig. 2 is an end view of the reel.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken III-III of Fig. 4. i l v r Fig 4 is a plan view of the attachment. Referring to the drawing in detail. and particon line ularly Figs. 1 and 2, A and B indicate the side plates or heads of a reel connected by a base section C and a plurality of cross rods D. The heads, together with the base and the cross rods, constitute the frame of thereel and this frame may be attached to a fishing'p'ole'or rod. in the usual manner.

I JOurnaIedfbetWeen'the heads ofthe ree isfa. spool E about which the line is coiled oreiwou'rid and mounted on'one of the heads is a 'hand 'ac PATENT .oFrce, "b13963"- I} q f Davis'L. Urquhart, Richmond, I giantess Jaye. 1934, seam. r3635! scams. (c 242445) tuated crank F'whicli, through gearing mecha nisirnis connected with the spool for-Tre-winding' purposes... I

The reel describ'ed isof standard construction and -theattachmentP-formingthe;subject matter of=this application may be attached thereto orto" practically any-other form or make of reel. The

on'ly reason the reel' here shown-has been described at all is-=to permit its 'operation in' conjunction with the attachmentto be f'more clearly desc'rib'ed ..1 't 1; 1 1:

The; attachment is; best shown 'in Figs 1, '3 and' ii.

It consistsof'an arm 2 which adapted t'o be pivot'ally attached to one of theorbss rods D. "-Journaled in the freeehd of the arm is a rol1er- 3 and formed on oneiendofthe rollerjare ratchet teeth 4; which cooperate with-a spring actuated pawlfii "rhe roller 3 issufficiently wide to substantially cover the coilsof line wrapped about the Spoor of the reel. The roller normally rests on-the outermost coils and'when the reel and pole are in operation the thumb of the operator or fisherman is usually applied-to the arm 2 so that the roller is held against the coils of the line with a slight pressure. 'In actual operation with the braking attach-- ment, to-wit,- the arm 2 and roller 3, attached. to one ofthecross rods D, the fisherman will advance the thumb on the arm 2 until it engages the roller 3. Hewill apply sufficient pressure to, lock the spool of the reel against rotation. He then swings his pole backward or sideways and then forwardly to cast the line, and at a suitable time during theforwarcl movement the thumb is retracted and held with only very slight pressure against the arm 2. The spool is thus free to run so as to permit the line to be paid out with as, lit tle resistance'possible, but even so there is enough friction between the roller 3 andthe line wound about the spool to prevent overrunning of the:

spool; The" actual distance that a'cast may be. I

nevertheless, preev I that the fisherman is careless to the extent that V I he does not apply a uniform resistance to the I Y I- line when re-reeling, hence some coils may be loose and others fairly tight. The tight coils tend' tobecome embedded betweenthe loose c'oils.'and

V 'when a cast is made, the spool will rotate freely V injthe directionfof arrow a,see' Fig. 1, until one'of 5 the embedded coils is reached; If the pull on the line is suijficient the coil will be pulled loose and lyofiers considerable resistance and it severaltheline will continue topay out and the spool- -to'un-reel but the cast will fall short; aspulling the coil freefrom its embedded position natural coils have been embedded the reelwill very suddenly 'cometo a: stOp due to the resistance ofiered the cast is madejwill be proover' theijqeethwhenjthe line is paying out in the right directi nJtO theccoilfaili' thespool tends. to reverse its direction, ;roller 3" becomes locked{ by 7 means of the Epawl and asfit functions asa brake the reverse rotation 'of V the ;spool, will "immedi atelybegstopped.

Inrviewof the toregeineiit, should be ha an at a ment as b p ov d dwher b 'suflicient'tension is applied to the outgoing .line

to preventpverrunning of the reel and it should 3 also be noted that reversal of the reel back lash,

"isne en nd-s lo irwilk e ntire av id d- -Whi1et =e a n ature of h P es n in n- H tion are more forless specifically de'scribed;- I wish [it understood that various changes may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims.

similarlyfthat the ;materials andfinish r the .several parts employed maybe such as the manu:

Viiacturer" may decide, o r varying conditions or u e m y de anda 1,996,180 7 r QT 'j 7 Having thus 7 described. my invention; 'what I claim'and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:'-

" .1. 'An attachment for afishing reel comprising an arm, one end of which is pivotally attached to ,oneof the crossrods on the iiame of the reel, said arm being cut away and Iorkedat the oppo-v site end and a roller journaled in the-forked end of the arm, the'lower' surface of the roller prosurface of the roller projecting sthrou gh-ethecut away portion and above the arm andadapted .to

jecting below the arm and engaging; the line wound about the spool of the reel; :and the upper- Deengaged'by the thumb of the person using the "reela a 3 r 2.- An at "chnient for a fishing reel comprising amarm; one end'v of which is pivotally attached toone of the cross rods onthe frame'of the reel,1' i said arm being-forked atthe opposite endanda a roller journaled "in the forked end'of the arm, 20

the lower surface, of the roller projecting below "thearmandfen'gaging the line wound aboutther I spool ofgthei reel and the uppehsurface ofathe ,roll'er projecting iabovethe armand adapted to'beengagedby the thumb of'the' person usin'gthe ree1,;and means 7 for preventing rotation ot the .roller except in one direction 1 1;: 3. An attachment tora flshingreel-comprising an arm, one end of kwhichj -18; pivotally. attached r to bneof the cross-rods onjthe frame of thereel; said arm being-iorked atithe oppositeendand a.

roller journaledin .the' forkediendrofthe arm,'the r 7 lower surface of the roller-projecting below. the arm and engaging theline. wound aboutlthe. spool of'the reel and the upper-surface of ..the roller projecting above. the armand adapted to beengaged by the thumb. of .tliefnermn using the-reel,

ratchet teeth formed onthe roller, andg'a spring e V actuated'pawl engageable; with the ratchet teeth to prevent rotationotjthefroller ezrceptiinone direction.

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